- Alex Horne
Alex Horne (born
10 September 1978 ) is a British comedian. His act is a blend of sharp one-liners, sketches, quick-fire crowd engagement, puns and pseudo-surreal babbling.Horne was educated at
Lancing College (Fields House, 1991-1996).tand Up
Horne managed to secure his first gig on the comedy circuit by winning a 'Cracker Joke Writing Competition' whilst working as Deputy Head of Dairy at Budgens in Midhurst, West Sussex. Four years later he made his first appearance at the Edinburgh festival in 2000 with his show, "How To Avoid Huge Ships". His 2003 Edinburgh show, "Making Fish Laugh" was nominated for a Perrier newcomer award. In 2004 he won a
Chortle Award for Best Breakthrough Act. His latest shows with Key have been "Every Body Talks" and "When In Rome", both of which featured unusually extensive use ofMicrosoft PowerPoint for a comic act. Horne toured Roman towns of the UK with the "When In Rome" show in early 2006.More recently he has worked alongside fellow comedian Owen Powell, in the attempt to find a person from every nationality living in London. After a year's search, they finally managed to meet people from 189 of the UN's 192 countries whilst satisfactorily proving that there isn't actually anybody in the capital from Tuvalu, Palau or the Marshall Islands.
As a solo performer, Horne then wrote and performed Birdwatching at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival and Wordwatching at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival. He has signed a two-book deal with Virgin Publishers to write up both of these stories as books. The first, entitled 'Birdwatchingwatching' is to come out early in 2009. The second should come out later in the year.
On a more miscellaneous note, Alex Horne met Ken Dodd three times when researching his first two Edinburgh shows and The Pope once for the sake of When In Rome. In the course of 2006 he saw 257 different species of birds. He is currently attempting to break the world record for being the oldest person in the world.
TV Work
Countdown
Horne appeared as a contestant on Countdown in August 2008, winning three matches before being defeated.
External links
* [http://www.worldinonecity.blogspot.com Blog with Owen Powell]
* [http://www.alexhorne.com His own website]
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